Falls Validation Study

Each year, one in three adults over the age of 65 has a fall. These falls lead to half a million Canadian emergency department patient visits annually and falls in older adults account for more than 3% of all emergency department visits. A rapid, simple bedside test (known as a decision rule) to guide emergency physicians on when older adults should have a brain scan to diagnose traumatic brain bleeding was created. This decision rule will be checked to see if it works well in guiding who needs a brain scan.

NCT Number	NCT07536906
Lead Sponsor	Dr. Kerstin de Wit Collaborators: Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers (NCER)
Conditions	Intracranial Bleed, Falls
Enrollment	4,000 participants
Start Date	2026-05-01
Primary Completion	2029-04-30 (estimated)
Study Completion	2030-12-30 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-05-27